The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-07-14
Or. IALMACE's ElRSI CIGAR.

The time had come In my Doyhood
which / thought demanded of me
capacity to smoke. The old people
of the household could abide neither
the sight nor smell of the Virginia
weed. When ministers came there,
not by positive injunction, but by a
certain instinct as to what would be
the safest, they whitfield their pipe
on the back steps. If the house
could not stand sanctiiied smoke, it
may be imagined how little chance
there was for adolescent cigar-puff-
ing.
BY some rare good fortune which
put in my hands three cents, /
found access to a tobacco store. As
the lid of the long, narrow, fragrant
box opened, and for the first time l.
owned a cigar, my feelings of ella
ton, manliness, superiority, and an
ticlpatlons can scarcely be imagined,
save by those who have had the
same sensation. When l put the
cigar to my lips, and stuck the
lucifer-match to the end of the weed,
and commenced to pull with an
energy that brought every facial
muscle to its utmost tension, my
satisfaction with this world was so
great my temptation was never to
want to leave it.
The cigar did not burn we'll. 1t
required an amount of suction that
taxed my determination to the Ut
most, You see that my worldly
means limited me to q quality cost
ing only three cents. But | had
been taught that nothing great was
accomplished without effort, and so
l pulled away. Indeed, had heard
my older brothers In their Latin
lessons say, omiia vinc1 labor )
which translated means, if you want
to make anything go, you must
scratch for it.
With these sentiments, | passed
down the village street, and out to-
ward my country home, My head
did not feel exactly right, and the
street began to rock from side to
side, so it became rather uncertain
to me which side of the street / was
on. SO crossed over, but found
myself on the same side / was on
before | crossed over. Indeed, ]
imagined | was on both sides at the
same time, and that several fast
teams were driving between. | met
another boy, who asked me why l
looked so pale, and told him that
| did not look pale, but that he was
pale himself. After some further
walking, | sat down under the
bridge near my house and began to
reflect on the prospect of an early
decease, and the uncertainty of all
earthly expectations. | had deter
mined to smoke the cigar all up, and
thus get the worth of my money,
but was finally obliged to throw
three fourths of it away. | knew,
however, exactly where | threw it,
in case / should feel better the next
day.
Getting home, the old people were
frightened, and demanded of me an
explanation as to my absence and
the rather whitish color of my CON-
plexion. Not feeling that | was
called to go into particulars, ano
not wishing to increase my parents
apprehension that | was going tc
turn out badly, | summed up the
case with the statement that | felt
miserable at the pit of the stomach.
Mustard plasters were Immediately
administered, and ! received careful
watching for some hours, Finally
l fell asleep, and forgot my disap
pointment and humiliation in being
obliged to throw away -fourth
Of my first cigar.-TT. Dewitt Tai
mage, in Brooklyn Magazine.